The mental health programme of the WHO Regional Office for Europe has established a network of mental health professionals in the Member States who have provided the necessary liaison between the WHO Regional Adviser for Mental Health and the mental health services in countries. These counterparts have been officially nominated by their health ministries and are often working in the ministry or are the most senior government mental health professionals. The network meets twice yearly in different locations. The Seventh Meeting of the European ...

During the thirteenth meeting of the directors of countrywide integrated noncommunicable disease intervention (‎CINDI)‎ programmes in 1996, the advantage of using public health services in noncommunicable disease (‎NCD)‎ prevention within health care reform was discussed. It was agreed that, as a first step, the availability of information in this area should be clarified and priority areas for action identified. To this end, a questionnaire was elaborated and distributed to the countries participating in the WHO CINDI programme; 13 countries responded. ...